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Berbice, Demerara notch up strong wins as action bowls off

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Berbice, Demerara notch up strong wins as action bowls off

2026 GCB Men’s U-16 50-Over Inter-county tournament Round 1… – Round 2 continues today Kaieteur Sports – Action in the 2026 GCB Men’s Under-16 Inter-county 50-Over tournament...

115 small business owners participate in training to compete for govt. contracts

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 115 small business owners participate in training to compete for govt. contracts

(Kaieteur News) – A total of 115 small business owners on Friday benefited from a training exercise on how to access government contract opportunities. The session was held by the Small Business...

International Masters Football Tournament set for Mashramani Celebrations

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on International Masters Football Tournament set for Mashramani Celebrations

Kaieteur Sports – An International Masters Football Tournament has been fixed for the GFC Ground, Bourda to be part of Mashramani Celebrations and will be staged on Thursday February 19th and...

Lichfield celebrates 100th birthday of beloved matriarch

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Lichfield celebrates 100th birthday of beloved matriarch

(Kaieteur News) – Family, friends and residents of Lichfield, West Coast Berbice, gathered on Monday to celebrate Beatrice Elizabeth Johnson née Burnette, who turned 100 today, becoming...

Goolsarran calls on President to block auditor general’s extension bid

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Goolsarran calls on President to block auditor general’s extension bid

…says Sharma unqualified, extension lacks constitutional ground (Kaieteur News) – Former Auditor General (AG), Anand Goolsarran has made a public appeal to President Irfaan Ali to not...

GWI to spend over $160M to drill new water wells in Regions 1, 8 & 9

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GWI to spend over $160M to drill new water wells in Regions 1, 8 & 9

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) is preparing to spend approximately $163 million to drill potable water wells in communities in Regions One, Eight and Nine. Bids which opened at the...

The real wealth is always closer to home

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

(Kaieteur News) – Just over one week ago, Stabroek News Sunday columnist Ian McDonald wrote about what he called ‘The quiet satisfactions of life”. It was not a loud or dramatic column. There...

A vision, not just a budget, damnation too

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on A vision, not just a budget, damnation too

(Kaieteur News) – The Hon. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Mme. Gail Teixeira, said that the PPP Govt’s 2026 financial blueprint is not just a budget. I agree with her. ...

Regarding viability of Guyana healthcare

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Regarding viability of Guyana healthcare

Dear Editor, This missive is being penned in my capacity as a health professional whose work has spanned 2 continents, three countries, six decades, and with deep natal ties to Guyana and a...

Let’s see ONE GUYANA in play

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Let’s see ONE GUYANA in play

Dear Editor, In Guyana where there is much talk about democracy, the Government should see to it that democracy is not just a word. Instead of employing tactics to penalise the Stabroek News...

Beyond the Plantation: Labour Leadership in a US$21 Billion Economy

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Beyond the Plantation: Labour Leadership in a US$21 Billion Economy

Dear Editor, While Mr. Lincoln Lewis remains a tireless campaigner for workers’ rights, his recent missive suggests he is increasingly operating as a non-partisan political operative rather...

Solidarity with Cuba at this time is necessary

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Solidarity with Cuba at this time is necessary

Dear Editor, In December, 1972, at the age of twenty-two, I had just arrived in Havana, Cuba when four Caricom member states had the foresight and courage to agree to simultaneously establish...

The Audacity of “Efficiency”: When Political Expediency Tramples on the Dignity of Women

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The Audacity of “Efficiency”: When Political Expediency Tramples on the Dignity of Women

Dear Editor, There is a particularly unique brand of crassness that can only be cultivated in the halls of absolute power. It is the kind of hubris that believes a population is so easily distracted...

Manpower agency seems redundant

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Manpower agency seems redundant

Dear Editor, Now a Manpower Agency is to be established. It was explained that it is intended to address the needs of the labour market. So, it has to be wondered what is the function of the...

Minister Parag’s timely educational move is good for Guyana

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Minister Parag’s timely educational move is good for Guyana

Dear Editor, I heap accolades on Sonia Parag, Minister of Education, for announcing the implementation of Biometric Systems, in an effort to improve accountability in the education sector,...

Facebook Live

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Facebook Live

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali has not held a single news conference since being reelected for a second term. His preferred forum to discuss matters of the State is on Facebook. During the...

Over $9.8B already spent on incomplete Govt. office complex

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Over $9.8B already spent on incomplete Govt. office complex

…cost now projected to reach $19.6B (Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana has spent approximately $9.8 billion to date on the office complex at the Haags Bosch area, on the East Bank of...

APNU slams $18.8B year-end spending

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on APNU slams $18.8B year-end spending

…calls it ‘rubber stamp’ governance (Kaieteur News) – The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has condemned the Government of Guyana (GoG) for what it describes as a “quiet” and...

Iran says potential energy, mining and aircraft deals on table in talks with US

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Iran says potential energy, mining and aircraft deals on table in talks with US

Feb 15 (Reuters) – Iran is pursuing a nuclear agreement with the U.S. that delivers economic benefits for both sides, an Iranian diplomat was reported as saying on Sunday, days before a second...

HIV infections set to fall

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on HIV infections set to fall

…as most of 7,800 on treatment achieve viral suppression– Anthony (Kaieteur News) – Guyana is projecting a decline in new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections this year, with nearly...

US$120M Oil & Gas Training College opens in Port Mourant

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on US$120M Oil & Gas Training College opens in Port Mourant

The backlands of Port Mourant are rapidly transforming into a major training hub as President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali formally declared the Guyana Technical Training College Inc (GTTCI) open on...

City council to consider private partnership if Govt. falls short in funding new vendors’ facility

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on City council to consider private partnership if Govt. falls short in funding new vendors’ facility

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown City Mayor Alfred Mentore has announced that the council may pursue a partnership with Corporate Guyana to fund the construction of a new vending facility for...

Residents of Schoonard given one week to relocate for recreational park construction

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Residents of Schoonard given one week to relocate for recreational park construction

(Kaieteur News) – Residents of Schoonard, West Bank Demerara, mostly single mothers living near the Guyana–China Friendship Park (Joe Vieira Park), have been issued eviction notices, demanding...

Golden handshake or oil well in the living room?

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Golden handshake or oil well in the living room?

(Kaieteur News) – Dis week, news hot like pepper soup! Word come round say de government look like dem swimmin’ in money—so much so dat dem tinking fuh buy de Berbice River Bridge… wah...

‘I can’t tell him what to do, or beat him’ – Manickchand on Region 10 five-month leadership impasse

Feb 16, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – “I have zero powers to instruct the person sitting next to me, to beat him, because it sounds like the member wants me to beat him, to do what she thinks he’s supposed to do,...

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Golden Jaguars hunt back-to-back wins in Puerto Rico

Oct 01, 2026

…Guyana’s could seal Gold Cup berth against Dominica By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Golden Jaguars will look to take another significant step towards a return to the Concacaf Gold Cup...

The things we fear the most

Oct 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I told the Guru about a Tik Tok video I had seen of a very wealthy man who had done something that, at first, seemed rather strange. He had spent much of his life building wealth. He had a comfortable home, good food, security and all the things that money can provide. Yet...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

U.S. Ambassador digs a hole for herself

Oct 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ye Gods! The Justice Gino Persaud “visa review” public kangaroo trial is leading to some unlikely places. In his trial by fire, even the mighty U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot, ended up with her own hair on fire. “We are not aware.” What...

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